Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कल्पमेकं वसित्वा तु देवगन्धर्वपूजितः । अत्र भारतवर्षे तु जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

kalpamekaṃ vasitvā tu devagandharvapūjitaḥ | atra bhāratavarṣe tu jāyate vimale kule

Translation

ایک کلپ تک وہاں رہ کر، دیوتاؤں اور گندھرووں سے پوجا پाकर، پھر وہ اسی بھارت ورش میں پاکیزہ اور شریف خاندان میں جنم لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कल्पम्: a kalpa (aeon)
• कल्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular (time-span)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; संख्याविशेषण — numeral adjective qualifying कल्पम्

• वसित्वा: having lived/dwelt
• वसित्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund (having dwelt)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: worshipped by gods and gandharvas
• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + गन्धर्व + पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); धातु-आधार: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: देवैः गन्धर्वैश्च पूजितः — ‘worshipped by gods and gandharvas’ (agent in instrumental sense)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of place

• भारतवर्षे: in Bhāratavarṣa (India)
• भारतवर्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारतवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भरतस्य वर्षम्) — genitive tatpurusha

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person singular; आत्मनेपद

• विमले: in a pure/spotless
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular; विशेषणं कुले

• कुले: family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya addressing the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skanda-tīrtha (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous celestial court where devas and gandharvas honor the pilgrim-soul with garlands and music; below, a vignette of rebirth in a noble Bhārata household.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Bhārata-varṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit is portrayed as shaping both heavenly honor and the quality of one’s future birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Skanda-tīrtha, continuing the sequence of its proclaimed fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it continues the promised outcomes of the tīrtha’s sanctity.